What did you do in the reloading room recently?

[BarnBuilder]

Trimmed 800 223 with my new Lyman

 

[BarnBuilder]

Trimmed 800 223 with my new Lyman Case trimmer

 

[Mudflap621]

Their hand trimmer? daummmm

 

[jek]

Just ordered some 55 gr FMJs from them.

Care to share? I still have some 55 gr. left, but it would be good to backfill what I’ve reloaded.

 

[Queen Bee]

maybe he means the lyman xpress trim

 

[CatSnoutSoup]

Resumed sorting and tumbling brass. Got a pretty substantial backlog.

 

[headednorth]

Prepped a 1 gal pail's worth of 223 brass last night

 

[Mike 53]

Did a little reorganizing. Happens usually after I go nuts trying to find something I KNOW I have somewhere...

 

[NavelOfficer]

Reloaded some assorted empties; a few .380 Auto, 7.65 Argentine, .30 Carbine and .303 British.

 

[Queen Bee]

450 ish rounds of 8mm mauser made today. At about 43.5 grns pushing nosler 200gr hpbt custom comps.

Next up today 6.5 creed. Trimmed. Now going to prime them

 

[EMTDAD]

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yum.. dark chocolate covered rifle rounds..

 

[NavelOfficer]

That's a lot of lead!

 

[kerryman71]

Loaded up just under 200 rounds of 9mm before using up the last of the Alliant BE 86. I now have a small ammo can with 1100 rounds of RMR 124 grain FMJRN over 5.5 grains of the BE 86.

Moving on to Hodgdon HS 6. Going to make up some 9mm using that and the Fiocchi SRPs to see how they do.

 

[mac1911]

View attachment 387055View attachment 387055 450 ish rounds of 8mm mauser made today. At about 43.5 grns pushing nosler 200gr hpbt custom comps.

Next up today 6.5 creed. Trimmed. Now going to prime them

time for a range report on those 8mm

 

[Queen Bee]

My arms....

500 8mm plus extra rando 8mm loads. Plus close to 200 6.5 creedmoor in a almond bin

 

[NavelOfficer]

Looks like a Mauser shoot is in order.
I've got an m1891, m1896 and an FR-7...

 

[BarnBuilder]

Finished trimming 1200 LC 5.56 with Lyman Express Trimmer

 

[headednorth]

Another 400 or so 55 grain 223 done yesterday. Killed an 8# jug of Varget. Have an urge to fill that space in the cabinet

 

[Queen Bee]

Finished trimming 1200 LC 5.56 with Lyman Express Trimmer

I love trimming with mine.

I took out the spring to make it easier on my fingers.

 

[BarnBuilder]

I love trimming with mine.

I took out the spring to make it easier on my fingers.

I have to give that a try

 

[Mudflap621]

Finished trimming 1200 LC 5.56 with Lyman Express Trimmer

That looks nice I watched a few reviews last night. I got their hand trimmer and well it worked for 20 rounds I think I’m gonna be upgrading.

 

[whacko]

I need to get back to the reloading bench! Came to this thread for some motivation. Works been a bitch for the last month many 12 hour days but that's calmed down 2 weeks ago. But....dropped my only boy off to college mid August and my wonderful wife has been going through some empty nest feelings so I'm spending all my spare time with her....which is good....we've done some great reconnecting the last few weeks. Lots of canoeing and fishing.....went out squirrel hunting yesterday morning.....harvested her grapes in the yard and made jam last night with her. Shes doing much better now and we are doing fantastic. It's hard to head to the basement to run the reloader though knowing she's feeling alone and she has no interest in reloading with me which is understandable. Maybe I'll get down there tonight.

 

[akma]

Finished trimming 1200 LC 5.56 with Lyman Express Trimmer

Interesting. So y'all that have it think it is worth getting? It looks like it trims the length from the shoulder dimension?

 

[Queen Bee]

I would not be in the reloading game without it.

 

[Queen Bee]

So giddy getting back from the range. The 200gr nosler for initial sighting in at 30 yards grouped less then a cloverleaf. Almost same hole. Then i took it to 250 yards and shot a 6 inch pig plate within 4 shots. This gun shoots great

 

[Queen Bee]

Interesting. So y'all that have it think it is worth getting? It looks like it trims the length from the shoulder dimension?

I tried the hand trimming. Never again. So much easier to hold it for a few seconds then all you need to do is chamfer

 

[akma]

I tried the hand trimming. Never again. So much easier to hold it for a few seconds then all you need to do is chamfer

I started with the RCBS trimmer. Not impressed. Moved to the Lyman a better overall alternative. But still slow when you are doing production. This looks like the next step up for me.
Thanks.

 

[Queen Bee]

You could also do the WCT. Worlds cheapest trimmer on ebay and use it with a hand drilll

Brass Trimmers

Don't let the acronym fool you, because this trimmer is very cheap, but also VERY effective! Available in your favorite cartridges, with more to come.

www.newhighpower.com

.

 

[EddieZoom]

After decades (yikes) of loading pistol calibers...may I introduce the very first rifle rounds produced by me....on my Dillon 550.

223 - 55GR Hornady VMAX heads over 22.5GR (probably a little low) H335. Using a CCI 450 (Magnum) primer since that's all I could get my hands on.

 

[mac1911]

I need to get back to the reloading bench! Came to this thread for some motivation. Works been a bitch for the last month many 12 hour days but that's calmed down 2 weeks ago. But....dropped my only boy off to college mid August and my wonderful wife has been going through some empty nest feelings so I'm spending all my spare time with her....which is good....we've done some great reconnecting the last few weeks. Lots of canoeing and fishing.....went out squirrel hunting yesterday morning.....harvested her grapes in the yard and made jam last night with her. Shes doing much better now and we are doing fantastic. It's hard to head to the basement to run the reloader though knowing she's feeling alone and she has no interest in reloading with me which is understandable. Maybe I'll get down there tonight.

so you picked grapes and made jam but she cant help sort brass? LOL. Glad things are calming down and your getting together.